Publications

Conference Proceedings (Peer-Reviewed)

Glazko, Kate, Portnova-Fahreeva, Alexandra, Mankoff-Dey, Arun, Psarra, Afroditi and Mankoff, Jennifer. 2024. Shaping lace: Machine embroidered metamaterials. In ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF’24), July 7-9, 2024, Aarhus, Denmark. (accepted - upcoming)

Halperin, Brett A., Rosner, Daniela K. and Psarra, Afroditi. 2023. Toward Lyrical Narrative Streetwear to Amplify Urban Community Action. In Body x Materials Workshop: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581109

Kaputa, Zoe and Psarra, Afroditi. 2023. Kirigami Antennas. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing (UbiComp/ISWC '23 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 281–285. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610780 (Best in Fiber Arts Award)

Psarra, Afroditi and Desjardins, Audrey. 2023. Soft Data and Common Wares: #1 Gender and the Body. Published at DIY Methods 2023: A Mostly Screen-Free, Zine-Full, Remote-Participation Conference on Experimental Methods for Research and Research Exchange. Organized by the Low Carbon Research Methods research group at Trent University. July 2023.

Psarra, Afroditi, and Jiang, Tingyi. 2022. Ventriloquist Ontology. In Artworks Catalogue of the 27th International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2022 Possibles). Barcelona, Spain, pp. 216–217. https://doi.org/10.7238/ISEA2022.Catalog

Strohmayer, Angelika, Cortés-Rico, Laura, Pérez-Bustos, Tania, Psarra, Afroditi, Rosner, Daniela, Subasi, Özge, Posch, Irene, Nabil, Sara and Sherman, Jihan. 2022. Justice-oriented Participatory Electronic Textile Making: Fostering shared spaces of knowledge dialogues through the process of making, un-making, and re-making justice-oriented participatory praxis. In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2 (PDC '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 259–262. https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537880

Benabdallah, Gabrielle, Alexander, Ashten, Ghosh, Sourojit, Glogovac-Smith, Chariell, Jacoby, Lacey, Lustig, Caitlin, Nguyen, Anh, Parkhurst, Anna, Reyes, Kathryn, H. Tan, Neilly, Wolcher, Edward, Psarra, Afroditi and Rosner, Daniela. 2022. Slanted Speculations: Material Encounters with Algorithmic Bias. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 85–99. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533449

Psarra, Afroditi, Sadri, Sadaf, Agosin,Esteban, Barar, Grace, Sweem, Rylie, Xu, Cindy, Song, Ruoxi and Kaputa, Zoe. 2021. Sensing Textures: Tactile Resistance. In 2021 International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 211–215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478833

Biggs, Heidi, Small, Cayla, Desjardins, Audrey and Psarra, Afroditi. Moving Design Research: GIFs as Research Tools. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021 (DIS '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1927–1940. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462144 (Honorable Mention Award)

Desjardins, Audrey and Psarra, Afroditi and Whiting, Bonnie. 2021. Voices and Voids: Subverting Voice Assistant Systems through Performative Experiments. In Creativity and Cognition (C&C '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 29, 1–10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3450741.3466807

Psarra, Afroditi and Briot, Audrey. 2019. Listening space: Satellite Ikats. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 318–321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3341163.3346932

Psarra, Afroditi and Lapoire, Cecile. 2017. Cosmic Bitcasting. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 227–231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123071

Koutsomichalis, Marinos & Psarra, Afroditi. 2015. Computer-aided weaving: from numerical data to algorithmic textiles. In Ng, K., Bowen, J.P., Lambert Ν. (eds) Proceedings of the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) Conference (London, GB) pp. 122-123. DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.59

Koutsomichalis, Marinos & Psarra, Afroditi & Varela, Maria. 2014. Oiko-nomic threads. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program (ISWC '14 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 59–64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2641248.2641281

Schmid, Stefan & Ziegler, Josef & Gross, Thomas R. & Hitz, Manuela & Psarra, Afroditi & Corbellini, Giorgio & Mangold, Stefan. 2014. (In)visible light communication: combining illumination and communication. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Emerging Technologies (SIGGRAPH '14). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 13, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2614066.2614094

Papageorgiou, Artemis & Psarra, Afroditi. 2013. Haptic City, A Workshop Based Project. Proceedings of the Hybrid City, Subtle Revolutions Conference, University Research Institute of Applied Communication, Athens, Greece, 466.

Citations

Davis, Felecia, Lewis, Erin, Oghazian, Farzaneh, and Evrim, Berfin. 2022. Tuning in: Reflecting in the Wake of Blackness through a Knitted Flower Antenna. In Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2022 Possibles). Barcelona, Spain, pp. 195–202. https://doi.org/10. 7238/ISEA2022. Proceedings

Paré, André-Louis. Space In The Feminine. ESPACE art actuel n° 130 (Winter 2022) Space Feminism, 2. Montréal (Québec), Canada. https://espaceartactuel.com/en/space-in-the-feminine/

V-Art, and Tatchers Art Space. 2021. Art Spaceship Exhibition Catalogue, https://v-art.digital/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/artspaceship-v-art-v2.0-catalogue-01sm.pdf

Engelman, Sasha. 2021. 'Planetary Radio'. The Contemporary Journal 3. https://thecontemporaryjournal.org/strands/sonic-continuum/planetary-radio

O'Nascimento, Ricardo. 2020. Roupas Inteligentes: Combinando Moda e Tecnologia. Editora Senac São Paulo, p. 262. ISBN 9788539631704.

Collins, Nicolas. 2020. Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd. ISBN: 9780429264818. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264818

Llacer, Toni & Montaretto Marullo, Nicola & Clèries, Laura & Fraguada, Luis & Garcia, Pau & Guasch, Clara & Guljajeva, Varvara & Tomico, Oscar. 2020. 75 Challenges Faced by Humans and the Planet - An Innovation Report by Elisava Research. Elisava Insights, Barcelona, Spain.

Lewis, Erin. 2020. Disobedient Antennas: Breaking the Rules of Textile Antenna Design. In Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS' 20 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 461–464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395843

Goveia, Bruna. 2020. Becoming Travelers: Enabling the Material Drift. 215-219. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395881

Biggs, Heidi R. & Desjardins, Audrey. 2020. Crafting an Embodied Speculation: An Account of Prototyping Methods. Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 547–560. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395591

Biggs, Heidi R. & Desjardins, Audrey. 2020. High Water Pants: Designing Embodied Environmental Speculation. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376429

Rahman, Muhammad & Bakibillah, A S M & Parthiban, R. & Bakaul, Masuduzzaman. 2020. Review of advanced techniques for multi-gigabit visible light communication. IET Optoelectronics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-opt.2019.0120

Leopoldseder, Hannes & Schöpf, Christine & Stocker, Gerfried. 2017. AI Artificial Intelligence. Ars Electronica 2017 catalogue. Ars Electronica Center Linz. ISBN 978-3-7757-4335-8

Jaramillo, George & Mennie, Lynne. 2019. Aural Textiles. Hybrid practices for data-driven design. The Design Journal. 22. 1163-1175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2019.1594982

Koutsomichalis, Marinos. 2019. Hertzian, Disruptive, Experimental Text Physicalizations. Proceedings of the Conference: International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2019) Gwangju, Korea.

Baker, Camille. 2018. New Directions in Mobile Media and Performance. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd. ISBN: 1317088530, 9781317088530. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315597935

Jaramillo, George & Mennie, Lynne. 2018. Aural Textiles: Beyond Visual Pattern Making. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice. 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1522077

Stocker, Gerfried & Hirsch, Andreas. 2017. The Practice of Art & Science. The European Digital Art and Science Network. Ars Electronica Center Linz. ISBN 978-3-7757-4341-9

Rosenthal, James & Benabdallah, Gabrielle. 2017. IBPoet: an interactive & biosensitive poetry composition device. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 281–284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3123176

Guimerans, M. Paola. 2017. La tecnología como material creativo: E-textiles y sus derivaciones en el campo de los artes visuales. Tesis Doctoral UCM. España. ISBN: 978-84-697-4829-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20840.98564

Blumenkranz, Anna. 2017. Der Kleine Hacker: Wearables für Maker - Experimentieren, nähen, Gestalten Steige Ein in Die Welt Der Wearables Und Schaffe Deine Eigenen Unikate. Franzis Verlag, Germany. ISBN: 9783645653510

Schmid, Stefan & Mangold, Stefan & Gross, Thomas. 2017. Adaptive Software-Defined Visible Light Communication Networks: Demo Abstract. 273-274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3054977.3057289

Das, Sandip & Chakraborty, Ankan & Chakraborty, Debjani & Moshat, Sumanjit. 2017. PC to PC data transmission using visible light communication. 1-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCI.2017.8117767

HYBRIDS: ΥΒΡΙΔΙΑ: ΣΤΑ ΟΡΙΑ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ. Exhibition Catalogue. 2016. Issuu, Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece. http://issuu.com/stegi.onassis.cultural.centre/docs/programme-hybrids_issuu

Leopoldseder, Hannes & Schöpf, Christine & Stocker, Gerfried. 2016. RADICAL ATOMS and the alchemists of our time. Ars Electronica 2016 catalogue. Ars Electronica Center Linz. ISBN 978-3-7757-4193-4

Schmid, Stefan & Arquint, Linard & Gross, Thomas. 2016. Using smartphones as continuous receivers in a visible light communication system. 61-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2981548.2981558

Akşit, Kaan & Kautz, Jan & Luebke, David. 2016. Gaze-Sensing LEDs for Head Mounted Displays. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28875.13606

B. Fan, H. Tian and S. Liang. 2016. Energy-efficient illumination optimization for indoor visible light communication. 19th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Shenzhen, 2016, pp. 183-187.

Koutsomichalis, Marinos. 2015. A Hypermedia and Project-based Approach to Sound, Music & Media Art. PhD dissertation at De Montfort University. UK.

Romano, Zoe & Cangiano, Serena & Bihanic, David. 2015. Open Sourcing Wearables. Empowering users through design: Interdisciplinary studies and combined approaches for technological products and services. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-13017-0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13018-7

Dragonas, Panos & Baraona Pohl, Ethel. 2014. Divergence. Adhocracy, https://www.afroditipsarra.art/work/adhocracy.athens.sgt.gr/divergence-2014-installation-and-sound-performance-with-e-textiles/

Schmid, Stefan & Corbellini, Giorgio & Mangold, Stefan & Gross, Thomas. 2014. Continuous synchronization for LED-To-LED visible light communication networks. 3rd International Workshop in Optical Wireless Communications, IWOW 2014. 45-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2014.6950774

Schmid, Stefan & Schwyn, Daniel & Akşit, Kaan & Corbellini, Giorgio & Gross, Thomas & Mangold, Stefan. 2015. From sound to sight: Using audio processing to enable visible light communication. 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014. 518-523. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2014.7063484

Press

Sabatini, Benedetta. “Ventriloquist Ontology, the Fabric Is More Alive than the Skin.” Neural Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023, https://neural.it/2023/01/ventriloquist-ontology-the-fabric-is-more-alive-than-the-skin/

“Φεστιβάλ Ίου: Αφιέρωμα στο 4ο Συνέδριο Αρχιτεκτόνων CIAM του 1933.” Αθηνόραμα, Athinorama.gr, 22 Aug. 2022, https://www.athinorama.gr/texnes/3007646/festibal-iou-afieroma-sto-4o-sunedrio-arxitektonon-ciam-tou-1933/

“Listening Space Performance #ArtTuesday.” Adafruit Industries - Makers, Hackers, Artists, Designers and Engineers!, 30 Mar. 2021, https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/03/30/listening-space-performance-arttuesday/

“Afroditi Psarra, Audrey Briot: LISTENING SPACE”. https://isea-archives.siggraph.org/art-events/afroditi-psarra-audrey-briot-listening-space/

Psarra, Afroditi & Desjardins, Audrey & Whiting, Bonnie. Voices+Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding Our Data as Performance, Seattle Channel, 20 Nov. 2020, http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos?videoid=x119427

“Afroditi Psarra.” COCA PROJECT, COCA PROJECT, 27 Feb. 2020, http://cocaproject.art/artists/afroditi-psarra-coca20/

Seattle, Speculative Futures. “Speculative Futures in Practice: Afroditi Psarra.” Medium, Medium, 21 Feb. 2020, http://medium.com/@speculativesea/speculative-futures-in-practice-afroditi-psarra-55656b9e8915

“7 Έλληνες Καλλιτέχνες Που Δεν Ήξερες.” in2life.Gr, in2life.Gr, 21 Feb. 2020, http://www.in2life.gr/features/notes/article/1003304/10-ellhnes-kallitehnes-poy-den-hxeres.html

“Afroditi Psarra - The Academic of Art with the Scientific Vision.” Ellines.com, ellines.com, 9 Aug. 2020, http://www.ellines.com/en/achievements/44402-the-academic-of-art-with-the-scientific-vision/

“Idoru(): An e-Textiles Sound Performance by Afroditi Psarra.” The Greek Foundation, The Greek Foundation, 31 Oct. 2019, http://www.thegreekfoundation.com/art/idoru-an-e-textiles-sound-performance-by-afroditi-psarra

“Oiko-Nomic Threads.” The Greek Foundation, 31 Oct. 2019, http://afroditipsarra.com/www.thegreekfoundation.com/art/oiko-nomic-threads

“Cosmic Bitcasting De Afroditi Psarra.” Futuridad, 4 Aug. 2019, http://futuridad.com/cosmic-bitcasting-de-afroditi-psarra/

Prakash, Vikram. “23: Wearable Technology, Critical Thinking and Our Digital Future with Afroditi Psarra.” ARCHITECTURE TALK, ARCHITECTURE TALK, 21 June 2018, http://www.architecturetalk.org/home/23

Miller, Gregg Daniel. “Concert Review: Anna Friz + Afroditi Psarra, June 23, 2018, The Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, WA.” The Seattle Star, The Seattle Star, 16 July 2018, http://www.seattlestar.net/2018/07/concert-review-anna-friz-afroditi-psarra-june-23-2018-the-chapel-performance-space-seattle-wa/

Fontana, Federica. “Sensing the Invisible. Interview with Afroditi Psarra. Digicult: Digital Art, Design and Culture.” Digicult, Digicult, 7 Apr. 2018, http://digicult.it/design/sensing-invisible-interview-afroditi-psarra/

Sntong, Anrew. “Looking Outwards 08: The Creative Practice of an Individual.” FALL 2017 Introduction to Computing for Creative Practice, 17 Oct. 2017, https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2017/2017/10/17/sntong-looking-outwards-08-the-creative-practice-of-an-individual/

Bonime, Western. “The Next Art + Tech Movement Is Happening At The EYEO Festival.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 17 July 2017, https://www.forbes.com/sites/westernbonime/2017/07/12/the-next-art-movement-is-happening-at-the-eyeo-festival/?sh=6840fa725b69

Blumenkranz, Anna. Inspiring E-Textile People: Interview with Afroditi Psarra, Blogger, 14 July 2017, http://annablumenkranz.blogspot.com/2017/07/inspiring-e-textile-people-interview_14.html

Psarra, Afroditi. “Textiles: Hand-Crafting Technological Artifacts.” Seattle Channel, 18 May 2017, http://www.seattlechannel.org/misc-video?videoid=x76785

“Hybrids: On the Borderline between Art and Technology”, 16 Jan. 2017, A Place Called Space blog, http://a-place-called-space.blogspot.com/2017/01/hybrids-on-borderline-between-art-and.html

“Cosmic Bitcasting Is a Wearable Radiation Detector.” Arduino Blog, 23 June 2016, http://blog.arduino.cc/2016/06/23/cosmic-bitcasting-is-a-wearable-radiation-detector/

Chardronnet, Ewen. “The Interactive Garment That Connects You to the Cosmos.” Makery, Makery, 24 May 2016, http://www.makery.info/en/2016/05/24/le-vetement-interactif-qui-vous-connecte-au-cosmos/

Blumenkranz, Anna. “Afroditi Psarra.” Wearables & E-Textiles Seminar 2016, Wordpress, 2016, http://wearableslmu2016.wordpress.com/afroditi-psarra/

Electronique, Medea. “Koumaria: Improvising Across Boundaries in New Media Art and Community.” Documentary, 25 Nov. 2016, http://medeaelectronique.com/koumaria/#documentary

“Hybrids - The Power Resides in the Spaces Between.” Ars Electronica Blog, Ars Electronica, 9 Nov. 2016 http://ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/2016/11/09/hybrids/

Εφη, Φαλίδα. “Η Τέχνη Των USB Και Των Social Media.” ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, Tanea.gr, 7 Nov. 2016, http://www.tanea.gr/2016/11/07/lifearts/i-texni-twn-usb-kai-twn-social-media/

Ζευκιλή, Δέσποινα. “Μαρία Βαρελά, Αφροδίτη Ψαρρά: ‘Όταν η Ψηφιακή Τεχνολογία... Κεντάει!".” Αθηνόραμα, Athinorama.gr, 29 Feb. 2016, http://www.athinorama.gr/cityvibe/article/maria_barela_afroditi_psarra_otan_i_psifiaki_texnologia_kentaei!-2512625.html

“Ψαρρά Αφροδίτη.” Bodossaki Lectures on Demand, Bodossaki Foundation, 28 June 2015, http://www.blod.gr/speakers/psarra-afroditi/

“Oiko-Nomic Threads.” TETRAMATYKA, http://tetramatyka.nurt.org.ua/en/oiko-nomic-threads-2

“OIKO-NOMIC THREADS.” WRO 2015 TEST EXPOSURE, WRO 2015, 28 May 2015, http://wro2015.wrocenter.pl/site/works/oiko-nomic-threads/

Schächtele , Kai. “Elektrofaden - Strickhack Und Surrstick: Afroditi Psarra Vernaht Handwerk Und Computerkunst”, Jan. 2015, Wired Germany, issue 21, p. 24.

“Sense EMFs with This Dress #WearableWednesday.” Adafruit Industries - Makers, Hackers, Artists, Designers and Engineers!, 8 Oct. 2014, http://blog.adafruit.com/2014/10/08/sense-emfs-with-this-dress-wearablewednesday/

“The Soft, the Hard and the Wet.” Versorgerin, 23 Aug. 2014, https://versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/aug-23-2014-2159/soft-hard-and-wet

Τζιρίτας, Στυλιανός. “Πάνος Αλεξιάδης, Pina Bounce, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Αφροδίτη Ψαρρά., Σάββας Μεταξάς & Σπύρος Εμαννουηλίδης Στο Skrow Theater Στις 16 Μαΐου.” Avopolis Music Network, Avopolis.gr, 9 May 2014, http://www.avopolis.gr/music-news/greek-live-news/48931-pina-bounce-wall-to-wall-carpeting-a-skrow-theater-16

“Partner Exhibition: Future Past - Past Future.” Transmediale, The Goethe-Institut, ArtUP! Media Art Platform, 25 Jan. 2014, http://transmediale.de/content/partner-exhibition-future-past-past-future

“Afroditi's Arduino Lilypad Projects.” Atmel, Atmel , 19 July 2013, http://atmelcorporation.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/afroditis-arduino-lilypad-projects/

Romano, Zoe. “Meet the Maker - Afroditi Experiments with Embroidery, Soft Circuits and Diy Electronics.” Arduino Blog, Arduino, 15 July 2013, http://www.elculture.gr/blog/arduino-lilypad/

“Arduino Lilypad: Textiles and Soft-Circuits.” Ελculture, Elculture.gr, 8 Mar. 2012, http://www.elculture.gr/blog/arduino-lilypad/